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Managing Disks - Certify, Verify, Initialize
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I initialized a new 3TB Lacie external drive with Softraid, to use as a take home SuperDuper-back-up for my 2-disk-Mirror Raid, and was expecting it to show up on the desktop with the Softraid badge.
It did not show up on the desktop.
I then used the "New" command, and made it a Non-raid Softraid volume, and it showed up on the desktop with the Softraid badge.
2 questions:
1) Isn't it supposed to show up on the desktop after initializing? and
2) If one of the disks in my existing 2-disk-Mirror Raid fails, can I use this Lacie back-up-Non-raid volume as a substitute for the failed Primary or Secondary without converting to some other format or re-initializing?
So.... Can I use a Non-raid softraid disk for a Mirror failed disk?
Posted : 30/01/2016 7:39 pm
1) no. Disk Utility initializes a disk AND always then creates volumes. SoftRAID initializes the disk and lets you decide later what volumes to create on that disk.
2) not really. What you would do is delete that volume, then you can "add secondary disk" and let it rebuld to the original volume. Mirroring is not the same as SUperDuper, which copies files. SoftRAID RAID 1 volumes are literally mirror images of the primary, and secondary disks never show up on the desktop.
Posted : 30/01/2016 8:04 pm
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So a Non-raid Softraid volume can't be used for a failed Mirror secondary without deleting it first, and then using "add secondary disk"?
Posted : 30/01/2016 9:21 pm
Correct RAID 1 is not file synchronization. Totally different concept.
Posted : 30/01/2016 9:25 pm
